Example sentences of "did not go quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think . |
| 2 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 3 | The Crofting Reform ( Scotland ) Act of 1976 did not go quite as far as this , but it did give the crofters the incontestable right to purchase their house and garden , and the optional ( though not incontestable ) right to purchase their land for 15 times the annual rent . |
| 4 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 5 | The Flower of Chivalry did not go quite so far as that . |